Does drinking cold/very cold water make it harder to digest food/break down fat?

Question

Does drinking cold/very cold water make it harder to digest food/break down fat?

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Answer 1

Your body is over 100 pounds (many tens of kilos) of mostly water. If you drink a large glass of cold water, that’s at most one pound (half a kilo). It will warm up to body temperature very quickly in your stomach, and thus likely have little impact on digestion.